Manticore Software
Open-source fast database for search
Chatham, United Kingdom
Founded 2017
Manticore Software Ltd. develops Manticore Search, an open-source database forked from Sphinx Search in 2017 and written in C++. It offers full-text search, vector search, and multi-model storage (row-wise and columnar) with MySQL-compatible SQL and JSON APIs. The company generates revenue through support subscriptions, professional services, and feature engineering around its open-source core.
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Last Updated: April 13, 2026
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Easy to use open source fast database for search; a good alternative to Elasticsearch
License: GPL-3.0
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Fulltext SearchVector SearchSearchSQL
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